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Updated: May 24, 2022

Afghanistan: Taliban To Sign Deal With UAE To Operate Airports

By Quadri Adejumo
May 24, 2022
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Islamic militant group, the Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan.

Reuters reports that the group's acting deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said this on Tuesday after months of talks with the UAE, Turkey and Qatar.

Abdul Ghani Baradar also added that his administration was renewing an airport ground handling agreement with the UAE.

Qatar and Turkey had already sent temporary technical teams to help airport operations and security after the Taliban took over in August last year.

The airport talks have demonstrated how countries are seeking to assert their influence in Afghanistan even as the Islamist group's government is not formally recognised by any country.